2023 Malaysia M4 League

Al-Ikhsan Cup

Dates	June – October 2023
Champions	UiTM United
Promoted	UiTM United YP Maintenance Bunga Raya Machan
Matches played	69
Goals scored	232 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arisazri Juhari (11 goals)
Biggest home win	10 goals JAKIM 10–0 NS Cyberfox (19 August 2023)
Biggest away win	6 goals NS Cyberfox 0–5 MP Port Dickson (26 August 2023)
Highest scoring	10 goals JAKIM 10–0 NS Cyberfox (19 August 2023)
← 2019 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 7 October 2023.

The 2023 Malaysia M4 League (Malay : Liga M4 Malaysia), also known as the Al-Ikhsan Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Malaysia M4 League, currently the third tier football league of the Malaysian football league system. ^[1] This is the first season where the league is held as a single division.

Format

The tournament is played as follows:

• League level: 15 teams are divided into three zones, namely Zone 1 (6 teams), Zone 2 (5 teams) and Zone 3 (4 teams), each drawn from the Central/South, East and Borneo regions.
  • Round 1 Divided into three zones, each team will play at home and away to determine the position in the group. The top two teams in each zone, including third team in Zones 1 & 2, will advance to the knockout stage.
• Knockout stage: The knockout stage is the match to determine the winner. Finalists will be promoted to 2024–25 Malaysia M3 League. ^[2]

Season changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022 season.

To Al-Ikhsan Cup Withdrawn from the Super League UiTM United Relegated from the M3 League Real Chukai Promoted from the M5 League Bunga Raya – Nogori M5 League 1 quarter-finalist Cendawan FC – Kuantan Amateur League runners-up Cyberfox – Nogori M5 League 2 Nogori M5 League 2 semi-finalist JAKIM – Putrajaya League Winner MAHSA City – Liga Mahsa-Kronos M5 runners-up MP Port Dickson – Nogori M5 League 1 Winner Mukah Youth Team – Ligue M5 Bintulu 2022 semi-finalist Republic of Borneo – Liga Mahsa-Kronos M5 Winner YP Maintenance – Kuantan Amateur League Winner Invited team Machan Maqarize STR Wan Tendong Stable

From Al-Ikhsan Cup Promoted to Malaysia M3 League None Teams withdrawn AS United F.C. 1 FC Langkawi 2 Kijang Rangers 2 Langkawi City 2 Tok Janggut Warriors 2 Tun Razak City 2

Name changes

• UiTM FC were renamed to UiTM United FC
• Cendawan FC were renamed to CF Kuantan City

Notes:

^1 Promoted by the Winning 2022 S-Ligue M5 Sarawak.

^2 Originally relegated from the 2022 Malaysia M3 League, however the teams were not registered to the 2023 Malaysia M4 League due to unknown reasons.

Clubs

Below are the list of clubs who will join the 2023 season, based on the status gained from Amateur Football League.

• Bunga Raya
• Cyberfox
• CF Kuantan City F.C.
• JAKIM
• Machan
• MAHSA City
• Maqarize
• Mukah Youth Team
• MP Port Dickson
• Real Chukai
• Republic of Borneo
• STR
• UiTM United
• Wan Tendong Stable
• YP Maintenance

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bunga Raya	Seremban	Arena IRC Negeri Sembilan, Bandar Sri Sendayan	800
CF Kuantan City	Kuantan	Padang MPK	700
NS Cyberfox	Nilai	Seriemas Sportsplex, Nilai	500
JAKIM	Putrajaya	MMU Stadium, Cyberjaya	1,500
Machan	Petra Jaya, Kuching	Padang D, Petra Jaya Sports Complex	700
MAHSA City	Jenjarom	MAHSA University Mini Stadium	1,000
Maqarize	Kota Samarahan	UNIMAS Stadium	6,000
MP Port Dickson	Port Dickson	Padang Merdeka	1,500
Mukah Youth Team	Mukah	Mukah Stadium	1,500
Real Chukai	Chukai, Kemaman	Mak Chili Stadium	2,000
Republic of Borneo	Sepang	UPM Stadium	3,000
Susun Tenaga Resources	Sarikei	Bintangor Sports Complex	1,000
UiTM United	Shah Alam	UiTM Stadium	10,000
WTS FC	Pasir Mas	Pasir Mas Mini Stadium	6,000
YP Maintenance	Kuantan	UIA Mini Stadium, Kuantan	2,500

Draws

The draw ceremony was held on 25 May 2023, at 15:00 (MST).

Central/South Zone 1 Teams Bunga Raya JAKIM MAHSA City MP Port Dickson Republic of Borneo NS Cyberfox

East Coast Zone 2 Teams CF Kuantan City Real Chukai YP Maintenance WTS FC UiTM United

Borneo Zone 3 Teams Maqarize Mukah Youth Team Machan Susun Tenaga Resources

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Bunga Raya	Gunalan Padathan	K. Ravindran	Kimicom	Sakti Sari Sdn Bhd
CF Kuantan City	Kamarulazlan Pati	Firdaus Paris	Let's Play Performance
Cyberfox	Syah Juan	Asmaie Alias	Forfeit
JAKIM	Mohd Nik	Saiful Rahman
Machan	Endrew Lawadin	Paul Sambang	Keris Sakti
MAHSA City	Shaiful Abd Kadir	Izham Alizan	Kronos	MAHSA University
Maqarize	Busrah Ahmad	Hairol Mokhtar	Lotto
MP Port Dickson	Adnan Mohd Din	Amirul Asyraf	Blackbox
Mukah Youth	Jamal Wasli	Iqbal Latip
Real Chukai	Che Ku Marzuki	Haidhir Suhaini	Voltra	University College TATI
Republic of Borneo	Manchon Andangon	Camilus David	Kimicom	Kimicom Network
STR	Raziman Ramblie	Awang Jamali	Kovra
UiTM United	Yazli Yahaya	Adam Afiz	Let's Play Performance
WTS FC	Che Saufi Ibrahim	Hazeman Abd Karim
YP Maintenance	Syed Fairul Hakim	Syawal Norsham	Legasi 06	YP Maintenance Sdn Bhd, Sinatra Barbershop, Legasi

Standings

Zone 1 (Central/South)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification		MPD	BUN	JAK	MAH	ROB	CYB
1	MP Port Dickson	10	6	4	0	26	8	+18	22	Advance to Knockout stage			2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	4–0
2	Bunga Raya	10	6	3	1	32	9	+23	21	Advance to Knockout stage & Promotion to Liga A1		3–3		0–0	4–0	8–1	2–1
3	JAKIM	10	6	2	2	29	8	+21	20	Advance to Knockout stage		1–3	1–2		2–1	4–0	10–0
4	MAHSA City	10	4	2	4	16	16	0	14			1–2	1–1	0–4		5–0	3–2
5	Republic of Borneo	10	1	1	8	10	38	−28	4	Relegated to Liga A3		1–1	0–5	1–4	1–3		3–1
6	NS Cyberfox	10	1	0	9	7	41	−34	3			0–6	0–7	0–2	0–2	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Zone 2 (East Coast)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification		YPM	UIT	WTS	KUA	REA
1	YP Maintenance	8	5	2	1	14	7	+7	17	Advance to Knockout stage & Promotion to Liga A1			1–1	4–2	0–1	1–0
2	UiTM United	8	4	1	3	14	9	+5	13			0–1		3–1	5–1	1–3
3	WTS FC	8	4	1	3	12	11	+1	13	Advance to Knockout stage		1–1	1–0		2–0	2–0
4	CF Kuantan City	8	2	2	4	7	14	−7	8	Relegated to Liga A3		1–2	0–2	2–1		1–1
5	Real Chukai	8	1	2	5	8	14	−6	5			1–4	1–2	1–2	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Zone 3 (Borneo)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification		MAC	MAQ	MYT	STR
1	Machan	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Advance to Knockout stage & Promotion to Liga A1			0–0	2–0	5–1
2	Maqarize	6	2	4	0	8	2	+6	10	Advance to Knockout stage		0–0		5–0	0–0
3	Mukah Youth Team	6	2	0	4	11	12	−1	6	Dissolved next season.		1–2	1–2		4–1
4	Susun Tenaga Resources FC	6	0	2	4	5	20	−15	2			2–5	1–1	0–5

Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Machan		1(6)
	WTS FC		1(5)
						Machan		0
						UiTM United		4
	Bunga Raya		1
	UiTM United		2
											UiTM United		2
											YP Maintenance		1
	YP Maintenance		1
	JAKIM		0
						YP Maintenance		2
						MP Port Dickson		1
	MP Port Dickson		2
	Maqarize		0

Quarter-finals

Machan v WTS FC

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09)	Machan	1−1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	WTS FC	Kuching
20:15  UTC+8	Hafiz Abu Bakar 15'	Report	Khairul Rizam 22'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ensali Sabang

YP Maintenance v JAKIM

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09)	YP Maintenance	1−0	JAKIM	Gambang
16:15  UTC+8	Amir Eimran 81'	Report		Stadium: SSM Pahang Mini Stadium Attendance: 112 Referee: Ahmad Hafiz Muhamed

Bunga Raya v UiTM United

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09)	Bunga Raya	1−2	UiTM United	Bandar Sri Sendayan
16:15  UTC+8	S. Thipanraj 52'	Report	Asyraaf Rifqi 58' Mirza Malik 80'	Stadium: Padang Arena IRC Attendance: 20 Referee: Shahmi Ismail

MP Port Dickson v Maqarize

9 September 2023 (2023-09-09)	MP Port Dickson	2−0	Maqarize	Port Dickson
16:15  UTC+8	Ibrahim Suhaib 45+1' Al Rifae 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Padang Merdeka Attendance: 60 Referee: Sofi Romli

Semi-finals

Machan v UiTM United

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22)	Machan	0−4	UiTM United	Kuching
15:45  UTC+8		Report	Fakhrur Razi 7' Putra Daniel 36' Haikal Haziq 54' Mirza Malik 70'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Ensali Sabang a/k Timban

YP Maintenance v MP Port Dickson

23 September 2023 (2023-09-23)	YP Maintenance	2−1	MP Port Dickson	Gambang
16:15  UTC+8	Azamuddin Akil 37' (pen.) Shahrul Aizad 63'	Report	Ahmad Daniel 39'	Stadium: SSM Pahang Mini Stadium Attendance: 217 Referee: Tuan Mohd Faizrullah

Final

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)

21:00 (MST)

UiTM United	2−1 (a.e.t.)	YP Maintenance
Fakhrur Razi 74' (pen.), 107' (pen.)	Report	Mohamad Ilham 10' (o.g.)

UiTM Stadium , Shah Alam

Attendance: 2868

Referee: Kamil Zakaria Ismail

Champion

Champion
Logo
UiTM United
1st Title

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 7 October 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [3]
1	Arisazri Juhari	JAKIM	11
2	Fakhrur Razi	UiTM United	10
	K. Ravindran	Bunga Raya
4	Rozaimi Rahman	Machan	4
	Sufizal Ismail	Mukah YT
	Kalaiarasan Murugun	Bunga Raya
7	Bukhairi Idris	MP Port Dickson	6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Izzan Syahmi	Real Chukai	UiTM United	3-1 (A) [4]	3 June 2023
Fakhrur Razi	UiTM United	WTS	3-1 (H) [5]	24 June 2023
Sufizal Ismail4	Mukah YT	STR	4-1 (H) [6]	8 July 2023
Arisazri Juhari	Jakim	Republic of Borneo	4-1 (A) [7]	9 July 2023
K. Ravindran 4	Bunga Raya	Republic of Borneo	8-1 (H) [8]	16 July 2023
Rozaimi Rahman	Machan	STR	5-2 (A) [9]	5 August 2023
Arisazri Juhari4	Jakim	Cyberfox	10-0 (H) [10]	19 August 2023
Lokman Hakim Saifuddin	Jakim	Cyberfox	10-0 (H) [11]	19 August 2023

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

As of 7 October 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Arif Haikal	JAKIM	5
2	Hafiezulhisyam Roslee	Maqarize	4
3	Ahmad Uzair	Machan	3
4	Amirul Aqasha	Mahsa City	2
	Amirul Asyraf	MP Port Dickson
	Moganaram Balakrishnan	Bunga Raya
	Yuaiman Jusoh	WTS
7	Amar Irfan	STR	1
	Afiq Afandi	MP Port Dickson
	Fikri Amin	WTS
	Raja Amir Shah	Mahsa City
	Shaarveen Segaran	Bunga Raya
	Yusof Akma	YPM
	Zamir Zaini	Kuantan City
	Zulhilmi Rashid	Bunga Raya
	Zubir Zaihan	MP Port Dickson

See also

• 2023 Piala Sumbangsih
• 2023 Malaysia Super League
• 2023 Malaysia M3 League
• 2023 Malaysia M5 League
• 2023 Malaysia FA Cup
• 2023 MFL Cup

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